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PUERTO RICANS LIVING in New York City suffer from asthma at a higher rate than whites and even other Latinos. According to a study released by the Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos at CUNY, the asthma rate for Puerto Ricans between the ages of 18 and 24 is more than four ...
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